rossdavidh

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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   First off, let me say that I have happily WFH for a few years now. I'm not opposed to it. It works for some people. However, this is likely a problem that will get worse, not better, over time. The early WFH experience was able to c
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   Agreed. Another use case for CD's over vinyl used to be in your car while driving, for which vinyl is unsuitable, but that has become almost entirely digital now. If the physical media are for at-home listening only, then there'
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   ...and at the end, add "by the way none of this matters because digital". I got the strong impression that the person(s) writing this article was doing it because they had been told to, not because they found it interesting.
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   U-Haul and similar companies have real numbers on how many people are actually moving, which would be a lot more interesting. "Considering" something, is pretty easy. Telling a pollster you're "considering" someth
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   Well, they are better off so far than France, Italy, the U.K., Spain, and Belgium, which is most of western Europe. So in other words, as good or better than most of western Europe. Now, why western Europe, as a whole, has the worst mortal
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   Not that hard. We do studies on the effect of second-hand smoke, alcohol, exercise, and lots of other things which are no easier to control.
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   It seems like the nth example of cases where isolating a vitamin as a pill, is not a substitute for acquiring it in the normal way for our species. We are not descended from nocturnal species, as our vision system and other characteristics
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   Wow, Phobos has a seismometer? Neat!
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   by rossdavidh 6y ago

   At one time, a minority of people were on the internet, often with their own blogs, but most people were just watching TV. Now, most people are on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a few other massively high-traffic websites, while a minority
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I am reminded of the Marx Brothers joke about getting paid more to not play music than to play. "How much to also have you not practice?" "You can't afford it."
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    In my experience, your second statement is, factually, incorrect. Nothing personal, but I find that not to be an accurate reflection of human behavior.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I think a lot of people say they "believe" that, but really the question they are answering is, "do you like Bill Gates, or do you think him morally capable of doing this horrible thing?" Bill Gates was one of the early
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    To my surprise, although I don't know why anymore, it's not actually an Onion article.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I do believe I actually stumbled across Stary Olsa playing at a Renaissance Faire in Texas. They blew my mind. I kept thinking, "how did they end up in Texas?" Nice folks, also.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    Hypothesis: Houston residents were nudged towards sitting tight instead of running for the hills, by Covid-19. They had either lived through, or seen pictures of, the Rita evacuation that turned into a parking lot. The idea of being packe
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    Horror thought: if the internet ever "breaks" enough that all access to StackOverflow is lost, no one will be able to fix anything to get it back up, and we'll be back to the stone ages to start again. Kidding. Mostly.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    If we "build and maintain one system", we are maximizing our chance of accidentally having zero working systems.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    Basically, in this entire article it doesn't address the elephant in the room: "how good does it have to be, for you to call it a vaccine?" If people hear, in let's say January 2021, "the vaccine is here! Yay! It
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    Well, the key word here is "most". Not everyone on HN is in a tech job.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    While I am not one to subscribe to the "Europe does everything better"-style thinking of U.S. progressives, the reality is, in this particular field, there is absolutely no way to defend the U.S. system.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    True that, but in many cases, if you just need to stay enrolled and don't have the stress of needing a good grade or to juggle a full load, it could be just eating into your TV couch potato time, be way more interesting and rewarding,
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    While everything you say is true, my experience in software with the Big Rewrite suggests that continuing through inertia, while by no means always the right choice, is also not always the worst choice. Big projects can end up going very b
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I would think 1957 and 1968 would be more comparable, since, to say the least, there was a lot of other stuff going on in 1918 that might impact that (like the husband is away at war). Of course, I'm sure there was a lot going on in 1
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    So, supposedly, widespread power outages lead to measurable baby boomlets, rather than busts. With all outside forms of entertainment closed, I wouldn't count on there being a baby bust at all.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    From the article: "The big gains came from the construction of apartments and condominiums, which soared 56.7%. But single-family home construction ticked up, too, by 8.2%." So, nice solid growth in the "buying these houses&q
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I can second that, both the series on the siege of Minas Tirith and the series on the battle of Helm's Deep were outstanding, making great points by comparing book, movie, and historical precedent, to better understand all three.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    So, it's a year old, and only one article? Now that is surprising.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    I think also that, although the lighting may often be on in empty offices, the computers (and body heat) are lower, or missing entirely, so the offices aren't having to work very hard. However, all that load has shifted back to WFH, n
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    None dare call it herd immunity.
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    by rossdavidh 6y ago

    So, not saying this is the main driver here, but just wondering: with a lot of people working from home, rather than an office building, it becomes relevant which is more efficient to cool. I have to think that it is more efficient to cool